
Risk Assessment of the Availability of Tantalum and Niobium
Tantalum and niobium are rare metals that have many important appliions. The substitutability of the two metals is low. Therefore, the nonavailability of these metals will prove expensive to firms. This leads to the need for the risk assessment of the availability of tantalum and niobium. In this paper, the risk factors that may affect the supply and the demand of tantalum and niobium in ...